Tourism in the Caribbean: Trends, Development, ProspectsDavid Timothy Duval The Caribbean is one of the premier tourist destinations in the world. Changes in travel patterns, markets and traveller motivations have brought about considerable growth and dramatic change to the region's tourism sector. This book brings together a high calibre team of international researchers to provide an up-to-date assessment of the scope of tourism and the nature of tourism development in the Caribbean. Divided into three parts, the book:
A valuable resource for students of tourism and Caribbean studies, as well as governments, and national and regional tourism offices, this topical volume brings together excellent contributions to assess and analyze the state of the Caribbean tourism; past, present and future. |
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... Caribbean Sea 152 ROBERT E. WOOD 10 Manifestations of ecotourism in the Caribbean 172 DAVID B. WEAVER 11 Tourism, environmental conservation and management and local agriculture in the eastern Caribbean: is there an appropriate ...
... Caribbean Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. He has ... Caribbean and Nepal as regional specialisations. David Timothy Duval is a Lecturer in ... eastern Caribbean migrants living in Toronto. Gordon Ewing's research ...
Trends, Development, Prospects David Timothy Duval. Canada, north-eastern USA and Scotland, and vacation choice in the Caribbean. He has contributed to over twenty papers and reports on tourism and recreation. More recently he has ...
... Caribbean region (Figure 1.1) can be separated into two broader subregions. The Lesser Antilles (the 'eastern Caribbean ... Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) seek to enhance the economic status of the region on the world stage by offering ...
... eastern Caribbean states (e.g. Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, St Vincent, St Lucia, Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis, and Antigua). The increasing emphasis on alternative forms and types of tourism development has certainly not ...
Contents
the invention of Caribbean islands | 23 |
Global perspectives of Caribbean tourism | 39 |
meaning | 59 |
Caribbean tourism policy and planning | 81 |
Institutional arrangements for tourism in small | 99 |
Historic sites material culture and tourism in | 136 |
cruise ships in the Caribbean Sea | 152 |
Manifestations of ecotourism in the Caribbean | 172 |
problems | 205 |
operating realities | 218 |
What makes a resort complex? Reflections on the production | 235 |
gender responses | 257 |
new geographic spaces for tourism | 273 |
Future prospects for tourism in the Caribbean | 287 |
Index | 300 |
Tourism environmental conservation and management | 187 |